Brian Herrick is new to the library world, but has been in education as a classroom teacher and art teacher for 25 years. Brian grew up in Alaska and spent most of his adult life living in San Francisco before settling in Vermont. He is an artist, swimmer, eater of donuts, movie buff, comics fan, and voracious reader. He lives in Montpelier with his partner and two kids.
Mr. Landon splits time between Sharon Elementary and the Newton School as the Physical Education teacher for grades K-8. He grew up in the Upper Valley and earned a BA from Virginia Tech in 2020. This will be his first year teaching and he is excited to get involved in the community. In the fall, he coaches football and has coached basketball in the past. He also enjoys golfing, fishing, and spending time with his family residing in the Upper Valley. You can reach Mr. Landon at blandon@wrvsu.org.
Jacob Sanders is excited to start out his very first year of teaching Performing Arts at The Newton and Chelsea Schools!
Jacob is from Kentucky (very far away), but now lives in Vermont. Jacob loves books, movies, birds, and just about every form of theater there is.
Katie is the World Language teacher at Newton and teaches Spanish to predominantly grades 5-8. She brings an interdisciplinary and culture-focused background to her teaching, having studied Anthropology and Spanish at Mount Holyoke College and studied in Mexico, Chile and Spain, and is very passionately involved in grassroots organizing for Central American asylum seekers in the US. Katie grew up in Eastern Massachusetts and is excited to be living and teaching in the White River Valley community! Katie also works as a paraeducator in the Newton elementary grades and will be a coach for the Finding Our Stride after school running program this year (join us!). Outside of teaching, Katie can be spotted listening to music at all times and dancing in the kitchen, talking to her cats, going for runs with her dog, and cracking Dad jokes all day long. You can reach me anytime at kmilligan@wrvsu.org. ¡Mucho gusto!
I am experienced classroom and art teacher who is passionate about inspiring students to find joy and confidence in creating art. I love introducing young learners to contemporary and famous artists from across the globe, sparking their creativity with a wide variety of projects. I live in Norwich, and in addition to teaching art I enjoy hiking and traveling.